A Proof of the Lucas-Lehmer Test and its Variations by Using a Singular Cubic Curve
Ömer Küçüksakallı
Mathematics Department
Middle East Technical University
06800 Ankara
Turkey
Abstract:
We give another proof of the Lucas-Lehmer test by using a singular
cubic curve. We also illustrate a practical way to choose a starting
term for the Lucas-Lehmer-Riesel test by trial and error. Moreover, we
provide a nondeterministic test for determining the primality of
integers of the form N = hpn - 1
for any odd prime p. We achieve these
by using the group structure on a singular cubic curve induced from the
group law of elliptic curves.
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Received May 29 2018; revised versions received May 30 2018; July 5 2018.
Published in Journal of Integer Sequences, July 11 2018.
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